Here are some politically motivated posters, parodying the iconic Star Wars scrolling intro text.
I decided to write three short statements based on the events unfolding around the financial crisis, but narrate the situation as if it was the preface to a Star Wars saga.
The statements remain scathing and cynical yet bare a slightly comical attitude towards the recession, and it doesn't take too much of an imagination to see the similarities between this real life event and George Lucas' s fictional universe of scum and villainy!
It often feels like our political leaders are living on a different planet to us anyway… sometimes light-years away!
Choice Cuts is a music compilation series that showcases the best of multi-label artists, songs, soundtracks and recordings. Each series or 'Cut' can be as unique as the next, with a playlist styled towards a collection of songs that can either home-in on a specific band (straight cut), become genre specific (the scenester), showcase the up-and-coming (buzz cut) or simply highlight a diverse mix of music (the unkempt look)!
The point was to keep the Choice Cuts brand simple yet fun so that each
series could work individually but still maintain the same identity as
the previous, a continuous running joke that will eventually run out of
steam when we have to feature a bald-headed artist on the series!
I designed this calendar in 2007 to raise awareness about the reported implications of climate change 50 years on if we did not take enough action to prevent its predicted course.
Using the theme of sport to highlight how extreme weather conditions could affect human endurance, from beach volleyball in the scorching month of November to freestyle swimming during summer floods, the message is brought across with the surreal pairing of brightly-coloured, Olympic-esque illustrations and the serious predictions given by scientists. I think the context of humans enduring physical suffering, not for their sport but for their actual survival, helps to convey a far more poignant message. While the calendar aspect also addresses the associations we have with seasonal weather conditions, if we cease to alter our behaviour towards the environment then we may very well see a dramatic shift in these annual patterns. Far worse than simply April showers in May!
I created these posters back in 2007 as part of my final year project at university. The intention was to create a series of attention-grabbing statements, raising awareness about the important social and political topics unfolding at the time. The result was an uncompromising set of written expressions with
thought-provoking and unwavering messages that (unfortunately) even to
this day remain relevant to the on-going issues they address.
Above is album artwork created for the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. The album features musical works written by 11 top composers commissioned by the Thames Diamond Jubilee Foundation, which will be performed on the deck of a special 'New Water Music' barge that will sail along the Thames as part of the Queen's jubilee celebrations.
I made use of a native British colour palette with emphasis on the blue tones of the official Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant logo to create a bold and graphic representation of the waters that will host the event, using horizontal strokes to suggest both the surface of the Thames and instrumental strings, as well as the geometric angles of decorative bunting and sails.
